QE Expert in Robots, IOT, e-commerce, SaaS, Security, ML, Strategy

Elliot Sequeira

San Francisco, CA 415-***-**** ******.********@*****.*** linkedin.com/in/elliot-sequeira Executive Overview I offer a distinctive combination of technical proficiency, leadership capabilities, and a dedicated commitment to driving innovation and collaboration. My approach revolves around serving as a technical catalyst and influencer, guiding teams to tackle intricate challenges while prioritizing customer-centricity.

Highlights:

● 15 years of Software Leadership Experience at startups and enterprises

● Domain expertise in AI, Security, Privacy, Robotics, E-Commerce, Supply Chain-Management

● Driver of organizational change to the SDLC and non-engineering workflows

● People manager responsible for 15 direct reports

● Effective liaison from upper management to the rest of the team leveraging metrics to execute on executive mandates

Work Experience & __Key Highlights Director of Engineering Quality. TripleBlind Inc (Remote from SF, CA.). Jul/22 - Jan/24 Series A startup focused on unlocking data monetization through AI that is secure & compliant in regulated industries such as healthcare and banking; customers included the Mayo Clinic & Citibank.

● Transformed our release process that combined from failed attempts spanning multiple days to successfully completed in 20 minutes within our AWS and GCP mixed infrastructure

● Experienced making technical and process tradeoffs, constrained by a ratio of 2 QEs:20 Developers & Researches and institutionalizing changes within Git, GitFlow, Python/PyTest

● Improved technical operations, as demonstrated by reducing a combination of manual and automated regression testing time from 6 person/days to 1 person/hour, in only 3 months

● Created observability with Grafana supporting 15 AI models, in a complex zero-trust product resulting in RCA meetings reducing from hours and days to minutes Director of Engineering Productivity. Osaro Inc (SF, CA). Jul/19 - May/22 Series C robotics startup focused on leveraging AI vision to enable pick and place in supply chain applications, assembling items for shipping orders on behalf of large retailers like Coupang (Groupon).

● Led agile transformation using JIRA for 5 teams within 3 weeks, providing hands-on coaching and training on agile principles and test strategy and execution

● Ensured up-time of 99.99% SLOs via load tests written in Python Locust

● Revamped a lab environment hosting 12 disparate robots, ensuring consistent operation for multi-day soak tests despite challenges posed by product degradation, and hardware issues etc

● Architected Grafana dashboards offering both business and technical insights for prioritization

● Improved observability with fully offline production robots enabling technical support in Zendesk Sr Engineering Manager, Software & Hardware. Kindred.AI (SF, CA). Jun/18 - Jun/19 Acquired by Ocado, Series C robotics startup specializing in AI vision for pick-and-place solutions. Successfully addressed labor shortages for clients like GAP with innovations in robot control and AI.

● Elevated quality from initial POC with 6 robots, to ensuring observability across 15 robots in production testing thus scaling to 300 live robot deployments in a Python, Unity, Kubernetes stack

● Developed internal tooling to forecast and manage replacement of parts requiring replacement, leading a team of engineers through the implementation Engineering Manager, Quality & Support. Symphony Commerce (SF, CA). Apr/15 - Jun/18 SaaS Series C startup acquired by Quantum Retail group, providing commerce-as-a-service and fulfillment-as-a-service for well known high-growth e-commerce brands such as Gatorade, Propel, Fiji Water, Boll & Branch.

● Key contributor in ensuring successful Black Friday & Cyber monday sales with 300% peak loads on a Java multi-tenant AWS backend platform, and a React frontend that was tested in Selenium

● Ensured business SLAs and SLOs were met by owning on-call production rotations, release management, and technical support

Quality Assurance Manager. Perspecsys Inc (Toronto, Canada). Jul/13 - Dec/14 SaaS Cloud Security Series C startup, acquired by Bluecoat/Semantic enabling cloud data privacy with tokenization & encryption for EU data compliance when using Salesforce, Xactly and ServiceNow.

● Validated and verified complex features ensuring EU data residency compliance, utilizing encryption and tokenization seamlessly integrated with cloud service providers' offerings Quality Assurance Manager. Virgin Gaming (Toronto, Canada). Apr/11 - Jun/13 Series C IOT startup acquired by Gamesys Ltd, enabling buy-ins and pay-outs for online tournaments within key titles on the XBox and PlayStation consoles, titles included NHL, FIFA and Madden.

● Improved release reliability via Java JMeter load tests with 5,000 concurrent users

● A bridge builder integrating with the SysOps & Support teams especially around regular release Quality Assurance Lead. EMC2 (Toronto, Canada). Apr/08 - Mar/11 NYSE traded enterprise acquired by Oracle, ensuring content management for complex information management challenges for large enterprises seamlessly within Windows, Macs and Linux systems.

● Streamlined testing operations via automation initiatives, reducing manual testing needs from 3 QAs to 1 analyst

● Leveraged visual validation for regression testing across Windows, Linux, macOS, and web environments

Software Engineering Consultant.

Citigroup, Infor/Workbrain, Novator Inc (Toronto, Canada). Jul/05 - Mar/08 Various roles for Global Bank and startups, with key contributions around banking, e-commerce, internationalization, and localization.

● Analyst/Programmer in Java: Funds Transfer & Derivatives Confirmation Management

● Implemented automated Java test coverage for a e-commerce platform Education University of Sunderland

● Masters of Science, E-Commerce 2003

● Bachelor of Science, Information Technology 2001

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